Caviar, Cream Cheese, Scallion and Egg Towers
- 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 2 hard-cooked large eggs
- 1 cup finely chopped scallion greens (from about 1 large bunch)
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- 1 tablespoon cold water
- 4 large eggs, beaten lightly
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- Vegetable oil, for brushing skillet
- 2 ounces beluga or sevruga caviar*
- *available at some specialty foods shops
- Make filling: In a bowl beat cream cheese until fluffy.
- Quarter eggs and with back of a spoon force through a coarse sieve into cream cheese.
- Add scallion and stir well.
- Filling may be made 1 day ahead and chilled, covered.
- Bring filling to room temperature before proceeding.
- To make egg sheets: In a bowl dissolve cornstarch in water and whisk in eggs and salt until smooth.
- Brush a non-stick skillet measuring 6 inches across bottom lightly with oil and heat over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking.
- Half-fill a 1/4-cup measure with egg mixture.
- Remove skillet from heat and pour in 1/8 cup egg mixture, swirling skillet to coat evenly.
- Return skillet to heat and cook egg sheet until set, 10 to 15 seconds.
- Loosen edges of egg sheet with a heatproof rubber spatula and turn sheet over.
- Cook egg sheet until set, 5 to 10 seconds more, and slide onto a plate.
- Make more egg sheets with remaining mixture in same manner, brushing skillet lightly with oil each time.
- Egg sheets may be made 1 day ahead and chilled, wrapped in plastic wrap.
- Makes 8 or 9 egg sheets.
- On a work surface arrange 2 egg sheets, side by side and overlapping by 1-inch.
- Put a dab of filling between sheets where they overlap (to act as glue) and press sheets together gently.
- Spread 1/2 cup filling on overlapping egg sheets, leaving about a 1/2-inch border on each long side.
- Fold in border of long side nearest you and tightly roll up sheets jelly-roll fashion into 1 (11-inch-long) roll.
- Wrap egg sheet roll in plastic wrap and chill 1 hour, or until firm.
- Make 3 more egg sheet rolls with remaining egg sheets and filling in same manner.
- Egg sheet rolls may be made 1 day ahead and chilled, wrapped well.
- Discard plastic wrap and trim ends of egg sheet rolls.
- Cut rolls crosswise into 3/4-inch pieces.
- Arrange pieces, cut ends up, on a platter and top each with about 1/4 teaspoon caviar.
cream cheese, eggs, scallion greens, cornstarch, cold water, eggs, salt, vegetable oil, beluga
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/caviar-cream-cheese-scallion-and-egg-towers-recipe.html (may not work)